Django manage.py Unknown command: 'syncdb'

Question

I'm trying to follow this tutorial but I'm stuck on the 5th step.

When I execute

[~/Django Projects/netmag$] python manage.py syncdb

I get the following error message :

Unknown command: 'syncdb'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.

and here is the output of ./manage.py help does not contain syncdb command. How do I add it?

Thanks for any help!

Edit :

When I run migrate, I get this error :

"Error creating new content types. Please make sure contenttypes " RuntimeError: Error creating new content types. Please make sure contenttypes is migrated before trying to migrate apps individually.

in settings.py :

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'blog',
]

Edit 2:

If I remove 'blog', from settings.py :

:~/Django Projects/netmag$ python manage.py migrate blog
CommandError: App 'blog' does not have migrations. 

:~/Django Projects/netmag$ python manage.py makemigrations blog 
App 'blog' could not be found. Is it in INSTALLED_APPS?

Did you edit the `INSTALLED_APPS` setting? You should place your app after the all django apps in this list. BTW, I suggest you to use the official tutorial to learn the django: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial01/ — catavaran, Feb 11 '15 at 01:41
@catavaran Thanks. I will try this tutorial tomorrow. Also I'm adding the INSTALLED_APPS list to the question. — jeff, Feb 11 '15 at 01:44

score 195 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '15 at 00:44

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syncdb command is deprecated in django 1.7. Use the python manage.py migrate instead.

answered Feb 11 '15 at 00:44

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Thanks! I'm surprised that Google didn't bring that to my attention :D – jeff Feb 11 '15 at 01:29
Try to remove your app from the `INSTALLED_APPS` and run `migrate` again. The error still occurs? – catavaran Feb 11 '15 at 01:43
I pasted the result in the question – jeff Feb 11 '15 at 01:45
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Hm. Return the `blog` back to the `INSTALLED_APPS` and then run `python manage.py migrate contenttypes`? – catavaran Feb 11 '15 at 02:16
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You can run `manage.py migrate --run-syncdb` if you have old applications that don't have migrations. – alexef Dec 10 '15 at 13:20

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 12 '16 at 08:05

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You have to use python manage.py migrate instead rather than python manage.py syncdb

edited Apr 12 '16 at 08:05

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answered Apr 12 '16 at 07:32

sohil sharma

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score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '16 at 06:42

Run python manage.py makemigrations result below

Migrations for 'blog':
blog/migrations/0001_initial.py:
- Create model Blog

and after that run python manage.py migrate result below

Operations to perform:
Apply all migrations: admin, blog, auth, contenttypes, sessions
Running migrations:
Applying article.0001_initial... OK

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 18 '21 at 20:25

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the actual command is :

python manage.py migrate --run-syncdb

It will solve many errors in django like , Operational error ,No Table found in databse etc.

edited Aug 18 '21 at 20:25

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answered Aug 18 '21 at 20:20

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 18 '20 at 06:09

You can do it like this in stages, let's say you have an app called "example":

Run python manage.py makemigrations example
A number generates like '0001' get the number
Run python manage.py sqlmigrate example 0001, using the number. Check out the scripts.
Run python manage.py migrate example 0001

You can also look at all your migrations like this: python manage.py showmigrations.
If you don't want to commit it, go to the folder and move it somewhere or delete it before doing step 4.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 25 '22 at 16:37

However, there is another error that can be happened as strict mode needs to be enabled for MariaDB.

Keep Database connection in the settings.py file as follows:

DATABASES = {
'default': {
    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
    'NAME': 'test',
    'USER': 'root',
    'PASSWORD': '',
    'HOST': 'localhost',   # Or an IP Address that your DB is hosted on
    'PORT': '3306',
    'OPTIONS': {
        'sql_mode': 'traditional',
    }
}

}

keep in mind about the below code:

'OPTIONS': {
        'sql_mode': 'traditional',
    }

After all, if your DJango version is backdated, "python manage.py syncdb" will work but for an updated version more than or equal to 1.7, please use "python manage.py migrate"

Thanks

Django manage.py Unknown command: 'syncdb'

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